UNHCR released the text of its oral submission as a third party intervener before the ECtHR Grand Chamber in Hirsi and others v Italy, Requête no 27765/09. The oral submission was made by Madeline Garlick, Head of Policy and Legal Support Unit, Bureau for Europe.
Note UNHCR’s disagreement with the Government of Italy’s position on the extraterritorial applicability of Article 4 of Protocol 4’s prohibition of collective expulsion: “Although it is of primary importance to this case, UNHCR today will not address Article 4 of Protocol 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights, since the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights covers it comprehensively in its written submission. UNHCR supports and shares the views expressed in that submission, holding that the prohibition of collective expulsion is at stake in this case including in relation to extraterritorial acts.”
Click here for the full text of UNHCR’s oral submission.
MIGRANTS AT SEA 
I watched the hearing in streaming but I was wondering whether any of you knows when the Grand Chamber is going to decide this case. Thank You